Is a joint spouse entitled to equal living standards of living when the wife dies?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from P.(N.A.) v. W.(D.M.), 2003 BCCA 390 (CanLII):
The appellant alleges the trial judge’s award failed to recognize the fundamental principle enunciated by L’Heureux-Dubé J. in Moge v. Moge 1992 CanLII 25 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813 at 870: As marriage should be regarded as a joint endeavour, the longer the relationship endures, the closer the economic union, the greater will be the presumptive claim to equal standards of living upon its dissolution.
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